Quotes about "Politics & Government"

When I decided to leave the military, I realized that the skills I acquired there were transferable to the commercial world both in leadership and the information technology field. I made the decision to move to Oracle because of its strong leadership role. ”

As for leadership, I am the kind who leads reluctantly and more by example than anything else. Someone had to be on the incorporation papers as president. ”

Anyone who has ever had the feeling of being higher than a kite after giving a public speech is well aware of the effects of attention. ”

During two decades, on and off, reporting in Russia and the post-Soviet states - in the turbulent '90s, the wealthy but depressing aughts and, finally, during the eruption of violence in Ukraine - I occasionally heard people talk about how 'the Americans' wanted this or that political outcome. ”

I met with an Automaidan activist who was part of a self-appointed group drafting a lustration law for parliament, which would exclude from political life people who actively participated in Yanukovych's criminal regime. ”

I think it's dangerous to prosecute people for their political views and their political associations. I think you prosecute people for what they do, for their acts. ”

Not voting is not a protest. It is a surrender. ”

Our democracy is not something to be taken for granted. You have to fight for it. You have to commit yourself to working for it - for the long haul. ”

There must be something in the water in Minnesota because historically, despite its seemingly homogeneous population, the state has produced some of our more radical political thinkers, and its people have put their prejudices aside to vote for them. ”

I was able to grow up and do silly things and have a life with only a small amount of public scrutiny. ”